The Last of the Mohicans (THX Widescreen Edition) [VHS]

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Wildly romantic, daringly exciting, Michael Mann's film of James Fenimore Cooper's novel created a new babe magnet out of Daniel Day-Lewis, he of the heaving pecs and flowing mane. As Hawkeye, he plays an American settler raised by the Mohicans who is forced to serve as a guide for British adventurism in upstate New York. But the British have been outflanked by the French (and their Indian allies); then British honor is betrayed when a band of renegades assaults them during their retreat. Mann captures the viciousness of this era's hand-to-hand combat in startling battle scenes. But he also invests the film with heartfelt romance, as the feelings swell between Day-Lewis and Madeleine Stowe. The ending is a stunner, a long, nearly wordless sequence of battle and loss. Strong performances all around, particularly by Russell Means as Chingachgook and Wes Studi as the evil Magua. --Marshall Fine

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Customer Reviews

Rating: - WHEN WILL THIS MADNESS END ?
When will Michael Mann grant us the original version we saw in the theaters on DVD ?
Rating: - It's commercial success had a good impact
The success of this film helped to make Daniel Day Lewis a star with American audiences, and he has since gone on to do the near-impossible, turning in great performances for American films that do have commercial ambitions.

This is a lavishly mounted production with great cinematography and great all-around period details (at least authentic-looking enough to make audiences think they were authentic). It helped revive the western, and in particular a mostly unpopular sub-genre, the ... Read More
Rating: - Original is Better
The Last of the Mohicans is my all-time favorite movie--that is in the original format. The DVD sold in the US is the Director's Cut and leaves me with disgust and outrage. The war at the fort is now way too long and my most favorite moments have now been deleted and replaced with counterfeit moments. The music does not even seem to flow the same way. I went to Wal-Mart the other day and found a DVD just entitled The Last of the Mohicans, but don't be fooled. Notice carefully that whoever packaged ... Read More
Rating: - THE HANDSOME BRAVE MOHICANS HELPED THE BRITISH COLONIAL'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS!
This is a outstanding movie that has it all, action, war, love, jealousy, betrayal, passion, honor, friendship, courage, sacrifice, death and sorrow, and freedom! This movie gives you a remarkable glimpse of Colonial America, and how the brave men and women, lived during these daring, and dangerous, unsettled times.

This is a story about the last of the Mohicans, a native american who is a very brave and honorable man who is Mohican; he has two brave, handsome sons, that he has raised ... Read More
Rating: - a slightly more realistic version of a great film
FILM: Having only have seen the theatrical release of Mohicans, I'd always been meaning to pick it up on dvd, and opted for this Director's Cut version. Lots of little things have been added or cut, but the story is the same and the best parts (the battles) have remained intact. I would have liked a Mann commentary, but from what I understand he was frustrated with the prodcution because of studio interference, so has probably since washed his hands of the film - a shame, considering how well it still ... Read More